Hat-frame.



G. W. DYARMAN.

HAT FRAME.

APPLlCATlON HLED AUG,.25.19I5.

1,18%?9. Patented May 30,1916.

331* flrrowe THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON, D. c.

l GEORGE W. DYARJVIAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T0 NATHAN M. ROS-EN,OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT-FRAME.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE W. DYARMAN,acitizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHat-Frames, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to frames or bodies for womens hats, and itschief object is to provide an improved edge for the brim, whereby thebrim can be covered and finished in less time and with less work than isthe case with the ordinary hat frame.

A further object is to provide an edge construction which will give aneat and attractive finish and permit a variety of stitches to beemployed in finishing the edge.

Another object is to provide an edge construction by which the brim mayhave a pliant edge and yet the brim itself be so reinforced or stiffenedwith a wire or other means as to retain its shape.

Still another object is to provide an edge construction in which theedge can be finished with a cord effect without the necessity of themilliner or trimmer actually inserting a cord in the brim.

To these andother ends the invention consists in the novel featureshereinafter described.

The preferred form of the invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional view, somewhat diagrammaticin character, of a hat frame provided with my improved edgeconstruction. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the edgeconstruction shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of thesame, on a larger scale, showing the brim covered on both sides withplush or other pile-fabric and with the edge finished by blindstitching. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but with the edgefinished by machine sewing. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view showing amodification.

Referring to the drawing, 10 designates the crown of the hat frame and11 the brim, both being made of any suitable material, as for example,large-mesh fabric heavily sized or starched to give it the requisitestiffness. At top and bottom the crown is en- Speeification of LettersPatent.

Application filed August 25, 1915.

Patented May 3U, 1916.

Serial No. 47,234.

circled by stiffening wires 12, in casings 13 made of bias strips offabric stitched or otherwise secured to the hat body. A slight dlstancein from the outer edge of the brim 11, say about five-eighths or threequarters of an inch from the edge, is a stiffening wire 14, secured tothe brim in any convenient manner, as by stitches 15; and below andcovering this wire is a fly 16, composed of a bias strip of material,preferably a large-mesh fabric suitably stiffened, which encircles thebrim and has its outer edge flush with the brim-edge. This bias strip issewed or otherwise fastened to the brim, preferably at its inner edgejust be hind or inside the wire 14, as by the stitching indicated at 17.

It will now be seen that in my improved edge construction the edge ofthe brim is double, forming, in the embodiment illustrated, an outwardlyopen gutter, so to speak. WVhen the brim is covered by the milliner orfinisher, the outer edges of the covering fabrics are simply turned overthe two edges of the brim and tucked into the gutter, the work beingdone with the great est ease and rapidity since the edges serve mosteffectively to determine the lines of fold, making the two finishededges perfectly uniform throughout. As the turningin of the fabricsprogresses, the folds are secured in place. This can, of course, be doneby glueing, but stitching is in general preferable. In the latter case avariety of finishes can be used. For instance, the two fabrics can beblind-stitched to the frame inside their edges, as in Fig. 1, therebygiving a double edge effect; or they may be blind-stitched together asin Fig. 8, giving a thin edge; or they can be sewed together on amachine, giving the efifect ii1di cated in Fig. 4, in which thestitching is represented at 18.

In the modified form of the invention, shown in Fig. 5', the stifi'eningwire, 19, is at the edge of the brim and the bias strip or fly 16 hasits outer edge just inside the wire, so that when the brim is coveredand v edge forming an open gutter, in combina-' tion with upper andlower'brim-covering fabrics having their'outer edges turned into, andfastene'd in said gutter, as set forth.

2. In a hat frame, afbrim having a double specifically illustrated anddescribed, but can be embodied in other forms Without de-' parture fromits spirit.

' I claim:

1. Ina hat frame, a brim having'a double edge'forming an open gutter toreceive the edges of br m-covering fabrics, and a. stiffening wiresecuredto the brim and follow- Y ing the gutter inside the same at thebottom thereof, in combination with upper and lower brim coveringfabrics having their outer edges turned into and fastenedin said gutter.

3.111 a hat frame, a brim, and a strip of fabric following the contourof the brim at the edge thereof and secured to the brim copies of thispatent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the wireencircling at-the inner edge of the strip, to provide an outwardly opengutter at the edge of the brim, in combination with upper and lowerbrim-covering fabrics having their outer edges turned into and fastenedin said gutter. :4, In a hat frame, a brim, a stiflening the brim'insideof the edge thereof, and a bias strip of fabric covering the wire andsecured to the brim inside the wire, to provide an outwardly opengutter, in combination with upper and lower brimcovering fabrics havingtheir outer edges turned into and fastened in said gutter.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

GEORGE W. DYARMAN. Witnesses:

H. B. PoLsoN, S. S. DUNHAM.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

